Cliddesden

{{Short description|Village and parish in Hampshire, England}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|coordinates = {{coord|51.236830|-1.093964|display=inline,title}}

|official_name = Cliddesden

|shire_district = Basingstoke and Deane

|shire_county = Hampshire

|region = South East England

|constituency_westminster = Basingstoke

|population = 497

|population_ref = (2011 Census){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122079&c=Cliddesden&d=16&e=62&g=6428825&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1481567131371&enc=1|title=Civiul Parish population 2011|accessdate=12 December 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

|post_town = BASINGSTOKE

|postcode_district = RG25

|postcode_area = RG

|dial_code = 01256

|os_grid_reference = SU6335049017

|static_image_name= St-leonard-church-cliddesden.jpg

|static_image_width= 250px

|static_image_caption= Church of St Leonard

}}

Cliddesden is a village and a parish in Hampshire, England located 3 miles south of Basingstoke, close to the M3 motorway. In the 2001 census it had a population of 489, increasing to 497 at the 2011 Census. The land and housing are currently protected as it is within a Conservation Zone and has many areas of beauty and rolling countryside.

The village was formerly served by Cliddesden railway station on the now defunct Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway. The station was used in the making of several films. In the 1937 film Oh, Mr Porter!, Cliddesden appeared as 'Buggleskelly'. A short length of railway track was installed in the centre of the Viables Roundabout in Basingstoke in 1976 to commemorate the line at a point close to its original route.Southern Evening Echo 11-03-1976 The B3046 runs through the village centre.Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map series.

About {{convert|1.5|mi}} to the southwest lies one of the highest points on the Hampshire Downs, Farleigh Hill (208 m).